Tang Si watched the pair of mandarin ducks in the pond, feeling inexplicably annoyed. He bent down, picked up a stone, and tossed it into the pond. "They're an eyesore."
Qiao Yu, standing beside him, looked down at him. "The mandarin ducks were just minding their own business, how did they become an eyesore to you?" she grumbled.
Alas, this young master was truly difficult to please.
She sighed inwardly.
Tang Si glanced at her. "Push me back."
"Oh~" Qiao Yu pouted helplessly, gripping the wheelchair handles and pushing him back.
Meanwhile, across the pond, Shi Ran saw the mandarin ducks startled and fly away. She looked up towards the other side and saw a girl pushing a man in a wheelchair.
Gazing at the profile of the man in the wheelchair from afar, Shi Ran couldn't help but sigh, "A man like that must live a very unhappy life."
Otherwise, why would he be so carelessly throwing stones into the pond?
"Look at him sitting in a wheelchair, does he look like a happy person?" Yuan Wei, standing beside her, echoed.
Shi Ran slightly lowered her eyelids, letting the biting cold wind brush past her face, lost in thought…
While mocking others, wasn't she also mocking herself?
If others were unhappy, it was as if she herself was happy.
The two strolled in the back garden for a while longer, admiring the blooming yellow wintersweet and the budding red plum blossoms. Shi Ran's heavy mood eased slightly. Only then did she go upstairs to her ward to rest.
"Yuan Wei, you've been taking care of me for over a week. If you have nothing else to do, you should go back to your studio. Your studio just opened, and closing it now will have a bad impression." Shi Ran didn't want Yuan Wei to stay by her side constantly.
She truly couldn't adapt to such 'care.'
Yuan Wei seemed to sense Shi Ran's concern and nodded. "Alright. I'll head back to the studio later. I'll come see you after work. However, you must follow the doctor's orders and rest well for another half a month."
"Don't worry, I'll listen to the doctor," Shi Ran smiled and nodded.
Upon entering the ward, she removed her mask. Only when facing Yuan Wei could she unreservedly reveal her face with its disfiguring scars.
But whenever Yuan Wei looked at Shi Ran, his gaze would involuntarily fall on the scars on her face. And it was precisely these unconscious movements of his gaze that Shi Ran could accurately perceive.
Perhaps the scars had instilled a strong sense of inferiority in Shi Ran, making her sensitive.
She averted her gaze and lay down on the bed. "You should go back. I'm going to sleep."
Seeing her like this, Yuan Wei packed his things, bid her farewell, and left the hospital.
Scarcely had he left the hospital when Zhao Wuyan and Tang Ziwei appeared at the Central Hospital's Cardiology Department.
Zhao Wuyan carried a fruit basket and flowers into Tang Si's ward. Seeing him lying in bed, Zhao Wuyan's eyes reddened. "Si Bing, how are you feeling? Are you any better?"
Tang Si lay in bed, unwilling to move, or rather, any movement caused him pain.
Especially after bending down to pick up a stone to throw at the mandarin ducks by the pond, the action made his scalp tingle with pain.
His gaze shifted, sweeping over Zhao Wuyan and Tang Ziwei behind her. "She's resting her pregnancy; why did you bring her here?"
When these words reached Tang Ziwei's ears, as an elder brother, he clearly sensed Tang Si's rejection of Zhao Wuyan.
However, Zhao Wuyan heard them and felt inexplicably relieved.
Had the clouds finally parted to reveal the moon?
Was Si Bing concerned about her?
Indeed, once there was a 'child' between two people, their relationship would invisibly draw much closer.